Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:48pm3/24/2017 at 5:48pm

Last week, former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
acknowledged that he worked as a foreign agent with the firm
Inovo, owned by Turkish-American businessman Ekim Alptekin, who has
links to the Turkish government. The firm hired Flynn to
investigate Fehtullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric living in
Pennsylvania, that President Recep Tayyip...

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 6:34pm3/22/2017 at 6:34pm

President Trump’s second pick for labor secretary, Alexander
Acosta, faced the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Committee today for his confirmation hearing. The hearing lasted
three hours. During that time, he defended his recorded as a United
States attorney and promised to push back against Trump if he
disagrees with
...

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 9:30am3/21/2017 at 9:30am

Yesterday, we heard
opening statements from the Senate Judiciary Committee and
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Today, Gorsuch will face
questions from the senators in 30-minute intervals. The hearing
should last 12 hours.

Will Democrats soften their stance on Gorsuch? As CBS
pointed out, the Democrats “stressed that Gorsuch has
impeccable credentials”...

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye ▪ Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 6:30pm3/15/2017 at 6:30pm

Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm General H.R. McMaster as
a National Security Advisor to President Trump.

National Security Advisor’s do not typically require Senate
approval, but Senate confirmation is required when three and
four-star generals change jobs or assignments. McMaster will remain
in active duty.

Posted by Mike LaChance ▪ Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 6:15pm3/12/2017 at 6:15pm

Elizabeth Warren knows that both Obama and Bill Clinton
dismissed U.S. attorneys after taking office. Yet she’s preparing
to go to war over Trump doing it. Warren is just doing what she
always does best. Playing to the far left base of her party.

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers ▪ Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 4:30pm3/11/2017 at 4:30pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked all remaining
Obama-appointed U. S. Attorneys to resign. This is standard
procedure when a new president enters the White House, and despite
some hand-wringing from the left, is rather unremarkable.
What is raising some questions is Preet Bharara, U. S. Attorney for
the southern district of...

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Friday, March 10, 2017 at 4:30pm3/10/2017 at 4:30pm

President Donald Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary Alexander
Acosta has filed his financial disclosure and ethics paperwork a
week before his confirmation hearing. The
paperwork has shown “an uncomplicated financial situation for
the law school dean” and “very few financial entanglements.”
The Wall Street Journal continued:

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Monday, February 20, 2017 at 4:00pm2/20/2017 at 4:00pm

President Donald Trump has picked U.S. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser. Acting national security adviser Keith Kellogg will remain as chief of staff to the National Security Council:

“I think that combination is something very, very special,” Trump said of the pair.